Door plate



May 15, 1956 J. A. LAVALLEE DOOR PLATE Filed Nov. 2, 1955 m m m m UnitedStates Patent DOOR PLATE Joseph Aim Lavallee, Springfield, Mass.

Application November 2, 1953, Serial No. 389,785

1 Claim. (Cl. 40-125) This invention relates to improvements in platesfor use in connection With the lock plate or escutcheon of doors.

The principal objects of the invention are directed to the provision ofa door plate which is adapted for securing to the face of a door beneaththe lock plate or escutcheon and which has one or more portionsextending therefrom provided with detachable secondary plates on whichmay be inscribed names or numbers or other identifying indicia.

According to novel features of the invention, the plate may be disposedon a door at the time the lock is fitted and subsequently the secondaryplate or plates may be removed for the purpose of having a name, numberor other indicia inscribed thereon.

The portion or portions for the secondary plate or plates may extend inany desired direction away from the lock plate or escutcheon so as topresent the secondary plate in a convenient location.

The novel plate will be such as to lend itself to decorative orornamental effects while at the same time the name of the occupant ofthe dwelling or apartment as well as the number thereof may beconveniently displayed.

All of the above objects I accomplish by means of such structure andrelative arrangements of parts thereof, as will fully appear by aperusal of the description below and by various specific features whichwill be hereinafter set forth.

T o the above cited and other ends and with the foregoing and variousother novel features and advantages and other objects of my invention aswill become more readily apparent as the description proceeds, myinvention consists in certain novel features of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter moreparticularly pointed out in the claim hereunto annexed and more fullydescribed and referred to in connection with the accompanying drawingswhere- Fig. 1 is a plan view of a door plate embodying the novelfeatures of the invention; and

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawings more in detail, the invention will befully described.

The plate of the invention is indicated generally by 2 and has anopening 4 therethrough for the transverse barrel part of a lock.

In the form of the invention being disclosed, a central portion 6 isprovided for underlying a round lock plate or escutcheon. Said portionmay be depressed from the upper face of the plate so as to receive thelock plate or escutcheon.

A portion 8 extends from the central portion 6 of the plate, which inthe form of the invention being shown, extends laterally therefrom.

Said portion 8 of the plate carries a secondary plate 10 which as shownis elongated and is adapted to have a name or the like inscribedthereon.

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The portion 8 may be depressed from the plane of the upper face of theplate for receiving the secondary plate 10 and said plate 10 may beremovably secured to the main plate by screws 12 or the like.

Another portion 14 of the plate extends downwardly from the centralportion 6 of the plate 2 and carries a secondary plate 16 which isremovably secured thereto by screws 18 or the like.

The plate portion 14 may be depressed from the upper face of the platefor receiving the plate 16 similarly to the portion 8 which receives theplate 10. Said plate 16 may be inscribed with a number or such otherindicia as may be desired.

The portion 8 and the portion 14, if used, may extend from the centralportion 6 in any direction desired and may be provided with openingsindicated by 20 for screws or the like for securing the extension to adoor.

While the plate may be made from various materials, thin metal has beenfound to be preferable and, of course, may be made both in right andleft hand types.

Metal may be treated or ornamented in various Ways as by etching,embossing, lithographing or the like and, as an example, it will beassumed that the areas indicated by E are etched or otherwise treated toprovide border B.

The plate, of course, may be made in any shape and the ornamentation maybe of such color or combinations of colors as may be desired.

As the plate is shown, the portion 8 will extend to the right from thelock plate and the portion 14 will extend downwardly but they, ofcourse, may extend in any desired direction.

The plate may carry such ornamentation as may be desired and may beaccomplished in one of the ways mentioned. It is desired that the platebe pleasing in appearance and to serve its function of displaying aname, numbers, or other distinguishing features.

The invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departingfrom the essential characteristics thereof. Hence, the presentembodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects merely asbeing illustrative and not as being restrictive, the scope of theinvention being indicated by the appended claim rather than by theforegoing description, and all modifications and variations as fallWithin the meaning and purview and range of equivalency of the appendedclaims are therefore intended to be embraced therein.

What it is desired to claim and secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates is:

An identifying plate construction for associating with a door and a lockthereof comprising in combination, a plate from a sheet of metal havinga main part and a secondary part extending therefrom, said main parthaving a circular portion depressed downwardly from the upper face ofsaid plate to receive and underlie the escutcheon of a lock and providedcentrally thereof with an opening for the passage of a lock parttherethrough, said secondary part having a portion depressed downwardlyfrom the face of said plate and an identification plate therein, andmeans securing said identification plate in said depression, said platebeing provided with openings for means securing said plate to a door.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS467,487 Whittier Jan. 19, 1892 FOREIGN PATENTS 3,781 Holland June 11,1919 10,958 Great Britain 1889 867,067 Germany Feb. 16, 1953

